Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome, aka shin splints, is responsible for 15% of all running injuries. Pain occurs over the inside border of the tibia.

MTSS is a type of condition called traction periostitis. That means that a muscle repetitively pulls on the periosteum, which is the covering of the bone, and causes inflammation.

A healthy bone will adapt to the stresses placed upon it. We know this as Wolf's Law. But if the stress becomes excessive, the adaptation process can't keep up and you end up with an injury like MTSS. Keep going, and it can progress to a stress fracture. In fact, they are seen as two points along the same continuum.

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